No Whey.

Day had to start off with one o' mah special frannnnssss…

Jillian Michaels!

I know what you're thinking….

"No Whey?!?!? You know her?!?!"

Yep. We're besties.

So, I combined her with some spinach, strawberries, peaches, pineapple, and almond milk.

Mmmm...

I must admit, I'm kind of good at making smoothies.

You can call me a smooth criminal….

Anyway, after that, I was off to produce!

Not that kind of producing mom… don't get too excited.

Day off has been full of alllllll kinds of productivity! Hallelujah!

To Do:

1.) Cash checks

2.) Fed-ex

3.) Pick up prescriptions

4.) Order collar, tags, shower curtain, cell phone cover

5.) Join a new/cheaper gym :)

6.) Workout

7.) Switch over all utilities (PAIN IN THE ARSE)

8.) Pay last month's rent at our apartment

Phew! Stop and breath….

And eat...

Queaserdiller with turkey, black beans, mexi-cheese, and sayl-sa!

Plus carn, peas, and other random veggies!

Mmm…. I lub cooking!!!!

Yayyy!!!! Day off was a success…now to go have some real fun! :)Justin and I are off to Bernini's for half off martinis and entrees with some friends!

Happy Friday all!

Blue Steel or Blue Ivy

Here is the question.... Which thing named blue will have a greater impact on society?

Orrrrr…..



Sorry hova and be-yawns, my vote was stolen... Haha get it! Blue Steele!?

Nerd alert!

Speaking of a nerd alert, have you noticed the lack of lunch pics on the blog of late? Well, I want to clarify...

Remember how I started this brand new job??? Well, have you ever tried to make new friends whilst taking pictures of your food at lunch?

Not cute. Plus, I say words like whilst so I don't have that going for me either.

Plus I have to eat breakfast everyday over a towel everyday on the way to work, because if you've ever  eaten or drank coffee in the car with khaki's on…

Well, you need something over your lap…if you don't wanna…er…look like you wet yourself...

Hence the protection.

Man I'm a loser! Haha!

Ok, so anyway, the past two days have been core classes with my "business college" co-workers (other new hires for the ETL position). Yesterday was Facilities Management and Safe and Secure. These classes served two purposes:

1.) To let us know what all can go wrong in our buildings and what to do about it, as well as what can happen and our responsibilities with regard to securing our stores and preventing crazy shit to happen basically.
2.) To instill intense paranoia into us ETL's so that we're terrified to ever be LOD (leader on duty)…

For example, if you lose the key that unlocks everything….Final Warning…Forget to lock one of the twenty one doors at the store when closing….Termination.

Just those two little mistakes could lead to me losing my job! No questions asked.

And we all know how I am with um…what's that word again…

oh yeah..

forgetfulness….

Speaking of forgetfulness, I got locked out tonight! Long story, but basically, our fridge door handle fell off last night, and even though I left the door unlocked because my key is with one of Justin's friends, the maintenance man locked her up!

Bummer!!!

Anyway, my night perked up when I actually had time to cook again!

Whert a play-sure!!!!

Salad with black eyed peas, cauliflower, carrots, celery, olive oil

Plus baked bbq chicky, sweet potatoes with rosemary, and Mexi-corn! Ha!

Hope you're week is going well, I have tomorrow off, so my week's lookin' up!

I'm a goner.

Dude, look who's blogging TWICE in the SAME week?! shwhat?! Guess things have settled down a bit around the Hagan household.

Especially since Justin's on the couch with a belly full of chicken noodle soup, flu medicine, and a 101 fever!

Things are are quiet with my lover down for the count!

Let's start with Monday, I didn't go to work until two! So wonderful to have the morning to be productive, and boy oh boy oh boy was I productive!

First, I turned my kitchen into a tropical island…

Guess I brought a little of Turks and Caicos back with me…

Oh shoot, don't worry customs, the produce is from Wal-Mart…

Oh shoot, don't tell my boss I said that! :)

It was necessary to create this beaut.

SMIB (Smoothie in a Bowl) with peaches, pineapple, coconut, strawberries, almond milk, and ice!

On top of the mix is berry granola, almonds, chia seeds, and whipped cream!

What a treat!

After breakfast, I did a lot on my to-do list including order vitamins for our future puppy (our breeder requires us to have these on hand before our little bundle can come home with us), canceling my gym membership (I LOVE HIAC, but I can longer afford it to be completely honest!), and canceling my health insurance (got big girl insurance through work), and fit in a BodyPump class!

Lunch yesterday and dinner tonight both looked a lot like this:

I like to call it a garbage salad. It's pretty much whatever I have in the fridge at the moment…The past few days have included black beans, black eyed peas, carrots, celery, toasted sandwich thins, cherry tomatoes, leftover pasta, and olive oil!

Since I didn't leave work until 10:30 PM on Monday, this morning was rough, especially since Justin spent most of his night snoring which means I spend most of the night rolling my eyes at the ceiling and punching him in his sleep politely asking him to stop.

So, I skipped my workout this morning to catch a few more z's and then headed to St. Petersburg for a 7 and a half hour class on Driving Profitable Sales in our Target Stores. I'm not sure how much I'm supposed to share about our training, so I'll keep it surface level, but basically we learned how to read almost every report (there are a million) that Target offers it's ETL's and learn what we have control over to drive profitable sales in our stores. We as executives are responsible for the bottom line in our stores which around this area are typically around 32million in sales per year…talk about pressure!

I love these classes though, because I learn so much and get a grasp on many tools that will help me kick butt at my job! I also get to spend the day with other ETL's in training and it's awesome to be with people who are going through the same learning process that I am. It can isolating at my own training store being the only one in training, and luckily my trainer reaches out to me, even just to eat lunch with me.

Speaking of lunch, I totally had an embarrassing lunch moment today. So, I brought sushi to eat at lunch, but I was the only one, so everyone else went out to Target Cafe to eat, so I heated up my edamame and headed out to join them…

except they had decided to go to Burger King not knowing that I had come out to eat with them…oops…so I had to be the new kid in the break room, eating by myself… AWKWARD!

Awkward, but delicious.

So, after the training, we all headed to the District office to have a "chat" or just a check in session with the district team leaders. The point of it was to let them know how our training is going and if there was anything we needed to course correct on. It was a great conversation and gave me look into the others' training and made me feel like I was on the right track.

After that, I headed home, and got my Target Debit Card (saves 5% on everything you buy, you should really get one, 0 interest rate people)…and a card in the mail from my friend Laura!!! MADE MY DAY!!!! :) Thanks Shlaura! I love you to pieces!

So, you know how I said I wouldn't harp on the puppy?

I lied.

I got four more e-mails of pics today…here are my favorite ones!

I love this one because you can see how widdle they are! oh my little puddin' pants!

Oh my dudness, snuggies with him brovers and sisters!

C'mon meow, get a load a' these guys….how can you not e-mail them to everyone you know, make them your phone wallpaper, and your facebook profile pic share them a little.

I'm a goner folks.